Das Nachtlager in Granada

*Das Nachtlager in Granada*
Das Nachtlager in Granada
Opera by Conradin Kreutzer
	Playbill of the premiere
Translation	The Night Camp in Granada
Librettist	Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal [de]
Language	German
Premiere	13 January 1834; Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna

Das Nachtlager in Granada (The Night Camp in Granada) is a romantic opera in two acts by Conradin Kreutzer. The libretto is by Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal [de] based on Johann Friedrich Kind's 1818 drama of the same name.

Performance history

The premiere of a first version with spoken dialogue was performed on 13 January 1834 at Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna. The second version (with recitatives) was performed on 9 March 1837 at Theater am Kärntnertor.

It was subsequently given in London at the former Prince's Theatre on 13 May 1840, and in New York City on 15 December 1862.

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 13 January 1834^[1] Conductor: Conradin Kreutzer
Gabriele, Ambrosio's niece	soprano	Anna Segatta
Gomez, a young shepherd	tenor	Josef Emminger [de]
A hunter	baritone	Karl-Josef Pöck
Count Otto, a German nobleman	bass	Brava
Vasco, a shepherd	tenor	Rott
Pedro, a shepherd	bass	Koch
Ambrosio, an old shepherd	bass	Borschitzky
An Alcalde	baritone	Josef Preisinger
Hunters, servants, shepherds and shepherdesses, magistrates

Place: Granada in Spain

Time: middle of the 16th century

^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Das Nachtlager in Granada, 13 January 1834". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

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